iPhone 5? Yawn. What Will the 'Phone' of 2022 Look Like?

Hey friends i Just found out something really cool: A romp through the
weird, scary, awesome future of mobile communications. Is this the
future of mobile, well see FOR YOURSELF
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...k-like/262300/

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"christopher johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hey friends i Just found out something really cool: A romp through the
> weird, scary, awesome future of mobile communications. Is this the
> future of mobile, well see FOR YOURSELF
> http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...k-like/262300/

Lots of speculation, however lets look at the parameters that are hard to
change or that users won't want to:-

Size

Well a phone might be integrated into your glasses or even sit inside your
ear, but assuming it is an accessory that you carry about then like a
wristwatch its size is restrained by ergonomics (e.g. a wrist-watch is small
enough to fit on your wrist, so smaller for ladies, but large enough to be
read). So it will be big enough to fit between your mouth and your ear,
have a display large enough to read, thick enough not to snap or bend in use
and fit in your pocket when you are not using it - so 12cmx6cmx1cm. Might
be in more than one part.

Weight

Could be a bit lighter, but difficult to see how the energy budget needed
for a transceiver can be carried in anything less dense than a lithium
battery without fire / explosion risk - maybe fuel cells. So 100g - 150g.

Display

Limited by the size (see above), but the resolution and luminous efficiency
could improve, but no point going beyond retinal ability. Possibility of
projection onto a wall or directly into the eye (but would you trust this?).
so HD max. Ability to drive full size display or associated low power
colour display (like a Kindle) via RF.

Input

Touch screen already good. Maybe virtual keyboard interpreted by cameras.
Dynamic voice recognition.

Connectivity

Fully synthetic transceiver up to 5GHz. Possibly low bandwidth satellite,
for when you really are out of coverage.

Computing power

Likely to be moved into the net, as with current "thin client" PC's. E.g.
voice recognition.

Memory

Oodles; 48Gb already possible with ease, expect 1Tb in your phone - if you
really need it.

Camera

Already pretty much topped out on this with 42Mp. Perhaps compound eye type
devices to keep the size down.

Integration

More functions integrated onto the phone - credit cards, purse, travel
tickets, car / house keys etc.

Security

Likely to be finger print / voice / visual recognition activated - i.e it
will only work for its real owner.

Back up

Auto back up to network - if you loose it just pick up another one and
reload.